A Phone, Quickoffice

Facebook Is Expected to Introduce Its Phone

By SOMINI SENGUPTA 9:05 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is expected to introduce a phone that is intended to help increase its profit overseas.

Google Nexus 7: Expect July Fireworks InformationWeek As with the 2012 Nexus 7, the 2013 model will be built for Google by Asustek. The device will feature a seven-inch screen, but its resolution will be improved. The current device's screen measures 1280 x 800 pixels. By way of comparison, the slightly ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's Quickoffice upgrade: A dagger aimed at Office for iOS and Android Computerworld (blog) But Google has just announced that a version of its productivity suite Quickoffice will let Google Apps for Business users edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, and save them in Google Drive. True, Quickoffice isn't as fully featured as Office for ... See all stories on this topic »

Google parts ways with Apple over WebKit, launches Blink CNET (blog) In a move that Google says will technologically liberate both Chrome and Safari, the company has begun its own offshoot of the WebKit browser engine project called Blink. Initially it uses the same software code base that all WebKit-based browsers ... See all stories on this topic »

Google faces more inquiries in Europe over privacy policy NDTV The CNIL said it had "notified Google of the initiation of an inspection procedure," the latest step in an investigation that began more than a year ago, when the agency said it thought the company's privacy policy violated EU law. Other agencies said ... See all stories on this topic » NDTV

Google Glass gets competition from China's Baidu Computerworld The description of Baidu Eye sounds a lot like Google's Glass, which has a transparent screen over the right lens, showing a list of options that include taking photos and videos, sending and receiving email, and sharing images with social networks. See all stories on this topic »

Review: High-end Google laptop well-built, but largely impractical offline and ... Washington Post SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Google's first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine. It feels light and comfortable in my hands and on my lap. Its high-resolution display makes photos look sharp and video come to life. From a hardware ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Google changes how Android stats are collected ZDNet However, by hanging the way the data is collected, Google has made it harder to get a full picture on what devices are in use, and the fact that the new collection method seems to skew the data in favor of the later versions of Android will no doubt ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet

Mozilla, Google, Opera introduce new Web browser engines Computerworld Later Wednesday, Google said it was launching Blink, a variant of the open-source WebKit engine. WebKit forms the basis for the current Chromium browser and Apple's Safari browser, but Google said it was getting harder to use for Chromium as Chromium ... See all stories on this topic »

Google simplifies integration of SMS and voice with App Engine PCWorld Google is hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate SMS or voice communications in applications running on the company's App Engine platform. Working with Twilio, Google has created native Python and Java libraries for working with Twilio APIs. See all stories on this topic »

If Google got a haircut, a tie and a suit, would it be Microsoft? Register It's happening so much that Browsium is now working closely with Google, we're told. As a startup with a Windows heritage, the small company initially concentrated its resources on businesses stuck with insecure and out-dated versions of Microsoft's ... See all stories on this topic »